Rai is 28 years older than his on, John. Twetve years ago he was eight time as oldas his son. Find the present age each.
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From the problem, we know two things: 1) Rai is 28 years older than John. We can write this as: R = J + 28 2) Twelve years ago, Rai was eight times as old as John. We can write this as: R - 12 = 8 * (J - 12) Now we can solve these two equations. Substitute R Show more…
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